Matsafa Surname

2,121,169th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 79 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Matsafa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Matsafa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa781:694,58649,962
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Matsafa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Matsafa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Matsafa occurs most in South Africa. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Matsafa? popularity and diffusion

The surname Matsafa is the 2,121,169th most commonly held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 92,247,417 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Matsafa are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 78 people, or 1 in 694,586. In South Africa it is most common in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 54 percent are found, Eastern Cape, where 27 percent are found and Gauteng, where 17 percent are found. Beside South Africa this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.

Matsafa Last Name Statistics demography

Matsafa earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 48.23% less than the national average, earning R 123,024 per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Matsafa
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